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Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended on Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
According to the head of the Valais Natural Hazards Office, the cone of debris from the landslide in Blatten is over 100 ...
A chunk of a large glacier broke off, triggering an enormous landslide that has destroyed the village of Blatten.
The images of Blatten’s destruction dredged up further concerns over the accelerating climate crisis. According to New Scientist, glaciers in the Swiss Alps lost 10 percent of their volume from global ...
Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.
Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides— but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for ...
A glacier collapse devastated the Swiss village of Blatten, destroying homes and leaving one person missing. Evacuated days ...
A 64-year-old man is missing after the majority of a Swiss village was swallowed by a 'gigantic landslide' following a ...
The landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated ...
Authorities are using a drone with a thermal camera to search for a 64-year-old man missing after a massive landslide. There ...